Girl’s Night Out raises money for local charity

Published: Friday, May 9, 2014 9:20 p.m. CDT

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Catherine Rambo, 9, tried on a cowboy hat to show her mom at Betty's as she spent Girl's Night Out shopping with her mother Jeanne Rambo and her aunt Deanna Monahan in downtown Morris on Thursday night

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Lynn Cahill-Masching spent Girls Night Out shopping with her daughters Grace and Lauren at K. Alyn in downtown Morris as a kick-off to celebrating Mother's Day weekend

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Nancy and Sarah Levin shop for baby items at Just Kidding Around as a gift for an expecting friend during Girl's Night Out on Thursday night.

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Traci and Debbie Tessone wait on Julie Applegate as she shops at Whimsy in downtown Morris on Girl's Night Out Thursday night.

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Stores offered discounts and freebies as well as refreshments to ladies who came out to shop ’til they dropped before going to an after party at Chapin’s restaurant where they were eligible to win a portion of thousands of dollars worth of prizes.

“It’s a new tradition for us,” said Kristin Pleva, of Oswego. “I’m out with my mom and my mother-in-law to celebrate Mother’s Day weekend.”

The Morris Retail Association also used the night to raise money for the First Presbyterian Charity, Loving Deeds For Kids In Need. Money raised from a 50-50 raffle and profits from the sale of celebrity cutouts went to Loving Deeds For Kids In Need.